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Shoring up a weak US dollar in the global economy 15 Articles

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    by Les Jacobs

    There has been much hand wringing of late over the plummeting value of the US dollar. Since 2003 the currency has fallen 28 percent against the Euro, 10 percent against the Japanese yen, 12 percent against the Chinese yuan...read more

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    by Scott Rouch

    I'm not an expert and I can't really say how the weakened dollar will affect the U.S. economy, but I do know how it affects those of us who have lived and are living overseas. In 1985, my family lived just south of Munic...read more

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    by Janet Daily

    The cause of our troubles. "We're in a recession!" "No; it's just a little slow-down." "Looks like a depression, to me!" "The economy is beginning to boom!" "We're going to give out bonuses to our taxpayers to hel...read more

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    by Fred Tolleson

    "Shoring up a weak US Dollar in the global economy" is a poor title! We need to change it to read: "Who wants to shore up a weak dollar in the global economy?"! The weak US dollar is precisely where President Bush and hi...read more

  • by A.W. Berry

    The 21st century has brought new developments to the valuation and purchasing strength of the United States Dollar. Moreover, the dollar has declined in value in two ways.. First, the domestic spending parity with goods an...read more

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    by J J Debar

    The answer is infinitely simple and infinitely complex. Get out of Iraq. We can analyze and agonize through endless statistics and currency movements. We can contemplate the machinations of multiple heads of state ...read more

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    by Joseph Malek

    Like it or not, a weak U.S. dollar does nothing but give Foreigners in Foreign Countries and Foreign businesses a price break when they buy our natural resources and U.S. manufactured products. At the same time, "We People...read more

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    by M. Ryan Liskey

    In 1912 a one dollar bill was backed by gold. It was actually worth a dollar because it was backed by gold. Swing forward to today and your one dollar bill is worth only four cents. It has taken the government only 93 year...read more

  • by Michael Allen Carvell

    Bring up the weak value of the Us dollar needs to stop this theft of housing by mortgage this will help bring buyers back the the mortgage market keep the rates of interest lock down for the length of the buyers loan. ...read more

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    by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

    The problem with the United States of America is that the governing elite called Republicans and Democrats are governing in the twenty first century with the mentality of the twentieth century Cold War. The second reason h...read more

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    by Molaire Jules

    "THE HEART" The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? JEREMIAH 17: 9 Being filled with all unrighteousness, forni- cation, wickedness, covetousness, malicious- ness; full ...read more

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    by Mike Steele

    Yeseriee! We are definitely in the good ol US of A as well as other places. Look at the charts! Get out of the war! Do this, do that! Listen to me - even if the information is wrong. I am so smart I can tell you ev...read more

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    by Louis B.

    Are you ready for some predictions? I hope so. Lets follow the money.. This game is called follow the money. Each chart shows a very different story. [url=http://finance.yahoo.c om/currency/convert?amt=1&f rom=USD&t...read more

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    by John Grenier

    What needs to be done regarding our weakening American dollar. The best advice to be given is, tighten your belts and prepare for the coming storm. We are at the cusp, at the very near edge of what is to come; based upon e...read more

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    by Raymond Turro

    The US dollar is getting a lot of press lately, but when you see Maria Bartiromo on the Today show talking about her bar bill, it has really pushed into the mainstream (By the way, it was a incomplete example. Her EUR 70 b...read more

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